He was a native of North Carolina and a Peninsula resident for more than 50 years.

He retired from Newport News Shipbuilding after 30 years of service.

Hodges was a member of Greater Walters Methodist A.M.E. Zion Church where he served on the steward board. He was also a member of Union Oak Methodist Church, Hope Mills, N.C.

Survivors include his wife, Henrietta Hodges; two stepsons, Robert Wilkins of St. Alban's, N.Y., and Colonial Wilkins of Bronx, N.Y.; his stepmother, Lula Hodges; five sisters, Mary Davis and Annie Hodges, both of Hope Mills, N.C., Arlene Davis, Nannie Wade and Dorothy McLauchin, all of Fayetteville, N.C.; and two brothers, Romeo Hodges and Otis Hodges, both of Fayetteville.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greater Walters Methodist A.M.E. Zion Church by the Rev. E.M. Wilson. Burial will be in Hope Mills, N.C. The body will be placed in church at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Carter Funeral Home, Denbigh is in charge.

HARVEY E. HOOPES

NEWPORT NEWS - Harvey Edwin Hoopes, 79, died Monday, Jan. 23, in his home. He was a native of West Point and a Peninsula resident since 1961.

An Army veteran of World War II, he retired as a factory sales representative of business forms and systems.

He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Chapel.

He is survived by one stepdaughter, Shirley B. Robins of Newport News.

The body has been donated to Virginia Anatomical Department of Health for Scientific Study, Teaching and Research.

In 1977 he retired from Newport News Shipbuilding as a sheetmetal worker after 39 years.

He was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church and former president of its Men's Bible Class. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Newport News 247; and former president of the State Grand Encampment, Norfolk. He was Patriach Militant No. 17. He was also a member of Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 3, Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans, United States and Canada.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Messick; three sons, David Lee Messick of Newport News, William Robert Messick of Seaford and James A. Mes sick of Poquoson; four sisters, Della Insley and Indiana Ferguson, both of Poquoson, Grace Carpenter of Hampton and Mary Hinely of Toano; three brothers, William P. Messick of New Kent County and Tom Messick and Joseph Messick, both of Poquoson; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Tabernacle United Methodist Church by the Rev. Stephen Burgess. Burial with Odd Fellow Rites will be in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton.

The family will receieve friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Claytor Rollins Funeral Home.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Odd Fellows and Rebekah Home, 600 Elmwood Ave., Lynchburg 24503, or the Poquoson Rescue Squad.